ALS Ice Bucket Challenge for Mental Health Awareness

SOURCE www.foxnews.com
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been relaunched for mental health awareness, raising funds for the cause.

Key Points

  • ALS Ice Bucket Challenge revived for mental health awareness by USC Mind
  • Supports Active Minds, a mental health nonprofit
  • Has raised nearly $400,000 for mental health
  • Controversy over shifting focus from ALS to mental health
  • Original ALS Ice Bucket Challenge raised $115 million for ALS research
  • ALS Association and Active Minds team up for new challenge in May

Pros

  • Raises awareness for mental health
  • Engages a new generation in charitable giving

Cons

  • Diverts attention from ALS, a fatal disease that still needs a cure